Member Contributer auggius Posted May 18, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 18, 2017 I hate electrical problems! So after winter hibernation bike starts and runs fine except when I connect the battery leads for my heated gear (coax) or charger (SAE plug). It doesn't matter which is connected to the battery. Dashlights work but when I hit the start button, I lose power. Turn the key off and on the dashlights come back on but dies when I hit the start button again. All is good when I remove the leads so it's just the battery and VFRness connected. It worked before and I'm not doing anything differently from before. What could it be? Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Egg on Leggs Posted May 18, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 18, 2017 Sounds like the battery is knackered, has enough capacity to light the lights but not enough for anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer MaxSwell Posted May 18, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 18, 2017 If it's the battery, I'd consider that an easy and fairly cheap fix. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer auggius Posted May 19, 2017 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 19, 2017 11 hours ago, Egg on Leggs said: Sounds like the battery is knackered, has enough capacity to light the lights but not enough for anything else. Except that the bike starts up fine otherwise and there is nothing plugged into the leads when it dies. It is just connected to the battery terminals. 11 hours ago, MaxSwell said: If it's the battery, I'd consider that an easy and fairly cheap fix. Good luck But I'm going to just get a new battery and see if the problem goes away. I can't think of anything else it could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer MaxSwell Posted May 20, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 20, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer auggius Posted June 4, 2017 Author Member Contributer Share Posted June 4, 2017 Problem solved with new battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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